Master of Kung Fu #48 [Regular]

(January 1977)

Part IV (Black Jack Tarr) City in the Top of the World (Table of Contents: 1)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Pencils

Paul Gulacy

Inks

Jack Abel (pages 1-16); Pablo Marcos (pages 17-31)

Colors

Janice Cohen

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Denise Wohl (pages 3-22); Irv Watanabe (pages 23-31, uncredited)

Genre

martial arts

Characters

Black Jack Tarr; Shang-Chi; Leiko Wu; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; James Larner; Fah Lo Suee; Fu Manchu; Shaka Kharn

Synopsis

Black Jack Tarr arrives at Fu Manchu's fortress. He finds Larner and Fah Lo Suee who are cooperating against Fu. She reveals Fu's appalling plan for world domination - through destruction. Tarr penetrates the fortress and joins with Chi, Leiko, and Reston while Larner has his own mission. Shang-Chi beats up 400 minions before he encounters the newly resurrected Shaka Kharn.

Reprints

• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #77 (3ème trimestre 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
• in Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #2 - Fight Without Pity (2019)

Indexer Notes

Most of page two printed directly from Gulacy's pencils.

Fourth of a six-part storyline. Each issue is narrated by a different character - this one by Black Jack Tarr.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Missives to the Master! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Doug Moench

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #2 (2016)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Lanson Armstrong, Harvey Chin, Arthur Byron Cover, Ann Nichols, Denny Sargent, and Mark R. Kausch.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of sequence 1.

Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Ricochet to Freedom! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Ricochet Racers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)